Bottle or vase attached lamp support



Feb. 8, 1955 w. N. DE SHERBININ BOTTLE OR VASE ATTACHED LAMP SUPPORTFiled Feb. 5, 1949 b j :21.22%;; m l m N .4 1 M I JOE! (Ittorneg U ite Ssfi o fie 2,701,839 Patented Feb. 8, 1955 2,501,839 BOTTLE R VASEATIAGHED SUPPORT William N. de sher'binin, Brookfie'ld, Conn.Application February 5, 1949,'Serial No. 74,750 4 Claims. (cl. 240-526This invention relates to electric light lamps.

The invention provides a novel adapter which makes it possible toconvert, readily, easily and economically, almost any bottle, vase, jugor oil lamp to an electric light lamp.

The invention will be understood from the following description whenconsidered in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a partthereof, and in which:

Fig. l is a view in elevation of a bottle lamp utilizing an adapterembodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on line 2--2 of Fig. 1, on anenlarged scale;

3 is a transverse sectional view on line 3-3 of 1g.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the resilient strip of the adapter whichillustrates how the strip is attached to the pin extending from theelectric light socket, and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 2, but showing another formof pin extending from the socket.

Like characters of reference designate the same or similar partsthroughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, reference character indicates a bottle or vasewhich provides the base for the lamp illustrated, and which can be ofany suitable size or shape. The adapter is inserted into and fits snuglyin the opening in the neck of the bottle 11, and carries above it anelectric light socket 12 of conventional form which receives an electriclight bulb 13 to which is secured a shade 14 in the usual manner.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 4, the adapter comprises anelongated hollow pin 15 which is threaded on its outer surface and isscrewed into the lower end of the socket 12, and on which is wound anarcuate strip of suitable resilient material 16 between the cap 17 andthe nut 18 on the pin 15. The arcuate strip 16 can be a split circle ormore or less than a circle, depending upon the thickness of the materialused for the strip and the diameter of the neck opening of the bottle orthe like with which the adapter is to be used. The strip 16 need nothave the same inner or outer diameter throughout its length, but eitheror both dimensions may vary within the length of the strip, and the wordarcuate is used in that sense, also. A nut 19 on the upper end of thepin 15 is turned up tightly against the bottom of the socket 12 toretain the pin in the desired position on the socket.

To apply the resilient strip 16 to the pin 15, short pieces of adhesivetape or the like 20 and 21 are conveniently employed. Adhesive 20 isafitxed to the inner or starting end of the strip and is wrapped partlyaround the pin 15 as shown in Fig. 4, to hold that end of the strip tothe pin. The curved side of shorter radius of the strip, or the concaveside, is placed adjacent the lower end of the pin in contact with thenut 18, and the strip is wound on the pin with the convolutions of theconcave side preferably in contact with each other and with the innerconvolution in contact with the pin. The inner convolution of the upperedge portion of the strip, when wound on the pin as described, will bespaced from the pin as shown in Fig. 2, and the extent of this spacewill be dependent upon the degree of curvature of the strip. The stripis kept from unwinding by adhesive 21, the outer end of which is aifixedto the convolution adjacent the outer end of the strip. After the strip16 is so wound on the pin and is secured by the tape 21, the cap 17 isplaced on the pin over the upper or larger end of the wound strip, thenut 19 is threaded on the pin and is turned down snugly against the cap,and the upper end of the pin is threaded .2 into the socket 12 until thenut 19 is fairly tight against the lower end or the socket.

In this manner, the wound resilient strip 16 constitutes in effect, acork or stopper which fits snugly in the opening in the neck of thebottle and securely holds the socket 12 in place above the bottle 10.The frusto-conical shape of the wound strip, together with the spacedrelatio'riship or the upper edge portion of the strip and the pin, aswell as the resilience of the strip itself, make the wound st'r'ipreadily adaptable to a snug fit in the openings necks 'of bottles,vases, jugs, oil lamp bases and the To vary the diameter of the woundstrip 16, different lengthso'f strips are utilized, with the longerstrips providing the -'1argerdianaeters for the larger bottles and thelike. Commercially, the adapters are produced in a few differentdiameters of wound strips and if a particular diameter does not fit theneck of the bottle or the like with which it is to be used, because itis too large, it is only necessary to peel off enough of the strip fromthe outer end thereof and cut it off at the proper point so that thediameter of the wound strip will be correct for that special use. Thus,the adapter can be adapted to any size neck opening of almost anybottle, jug, vase or the like capable of use as the base of an electriclight lamp.

The resilient strip 16 can be of cork, felt, cardboard, paper, plastic,cloth, leather, or any other material which is sufficiently resilientfor the purpose.

In the form of the adapter shown in Fig. 5, the pin 25 has a split lowerend and the end portions 26 are turned outwardly to provide a stopagainst which the lower end of the wound strip 16 rests. The outersurface of the pin 25 is unthreaded and the upper end of the pin isinserted in the opening in the bottom of the socket 12 and is securedtherein by a set screw 27. Also, the strip 16 is cut so that the innerend portion is wider than the outer end and is generally ellipsoidal inshape rather than circular, so that as it is wound on the pin 25, theupper surface presents a conical configuration rather than plane as inFig. 2, to conform more nearly with the concavoconvex shape of the cap17. Otherwise the structure, the operation and the results obtained arethe same as with the forms of the adapter shown in Figs. 1 to 4.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that changes may be madein the form, location and relative arrangement of the several parts ofthe adapters disclosed herein without departing from the principles ofthe invention. In consequence, it will be understood that the inventionis not to be limited excepting by the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. An adapter for attaching an electric light socket to the neck of abottle or the like comprising a pin arranged to be secured to the socketand an arcuate strip of resilient material wound in a spiral about thepin with the concave side of the strip wound more tightly about the pinthan the convex side to form a stopper for the neck of the bottle offrusto-conical configuration, means for detachably securing in place theouter end of the strip, the mean diameter of'the stopper beingdetermined by the length of the arcuate strip wound about the pin, anddifferent smaller diameters being provided by unwinding the arcuatestrip and cutting off the desired length of unwound strip.

2. An adapter for attaching an electric light socket to the neck of abottle or the like comprising a pin arranged to be secured to the socketand an arcuate strip of resilient material of substantially uniformwidth wound in a spiral about the pin to form a stopper for the neck ofthe bottle of frusto-conical configuration, means for detachablysecuring in place the outer end of the strip, the mean diam:

eter of the stopper being determined by the length of the arcuate stripwound about the pin, and different smaller diameters being provided byunwinding the arcuate strip and cutting off the desired length ofunwound strip.

3. An adapter for attaching an electric light socket to the neck of abottle or the like comprising a pin arranged to be secured to anelectric light socket, a stopper of frusto-conical configuration for theneck of the bottle formed by an arcuate strip of resilient materialwound about itself in a spiral and about said pin, means for detachablysecuring in place the outer end of the strip, the mean diameter of thestopper being determined by the length of the arcuate strip Wound aboutthe pin, and different smaller diameters being provided by unwinding thearcuate strip and cutting off the desired length of unwound strip, a capon the pin for the end of the stopper of larger gameter, and stopperretaining means on the other end of e pm.

4. An adapter for attaching an electric light socket to the neck of abottle or the like comprising a pin arranged to be secured to the socketand an arcuate strip of resilient material Wound in a spiral about thepin with the concave side of the strip wound more tightly about the pinthan the convex side to form a stopper for the neck of the bottle offrusto-conical configuration, means for detachably securing in place theouter end of the strip, the mean diameter of the stopper beingdetermined by the length of the arcuate strip wound about the pin, anddifierent smaller diameters being provided by unwinding the arcuatestrip and cutting ofi the desired length of unwound References Cited inthe file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 466,169 Hume Dec. 29, 18911,111,228 Miller Sept. 22, 1914 1,241,576 Teague Oct. 2, 1917 2,076,782Jedlicka Apr. 13, 1937 2,174,913 Carington Oct. 3, 1939 FOREIGN PATENTS81,595 Switzerland June 16, 1919 615,878 France Oct. 19, 1926 285,216Italy May 5, 1931 443,402 Great Britain Feb. 27, 1936

